John Macdonald ( 1759 - 1831 )

Birth: Flodigarry, Isle of Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland (30 October 1759) Death: His residence, Southernhay Place, Exeter, Devon (16 August 1831) Burial: Exeter Cathedral, Devon Profession: Engineer Education: Portree grammar school; High School, Edinburgh Career: Indian cadetship to the Bombay Infantry, East India Company (1780); Ensign, Bengal Engineers (1783) and was sent to Bencoolen (now Benkulu), Sumatra, where he worked as a military and civil engineer (until 1796); made maps, charts and magnetic observations; made a major in Lord MacDonald's Regiment of the Isles (1799); retired on half pay from the service of the East India Company (1800); appointed Commandant of the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers (1800); lieutenant-colonel of the Royal Clan Alpine Fencible Infantry, served with the infantry in Ireland until it was disbanded (1800-1801); field officer of the Cinque Ports Volunteers (1803-1806) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 15/05/1800.